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' TED sTATEs PATENT oEEioE ALEXANDER KIRKPATRICK, 0F NEWARK, NEIVJERSEY.

MODE OF PREVENTING WATER FROM BEATING UNDER THE DOORS HOUSES.

Speccaton of Letters Patent No. 1,901, dated December 14, 1840;Antedated November 20, 1840.

To @ZZ whom t may concern Be it known thatI I, ALEXANDER Kmiira'r- RICK,of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have inventeda new and improved mode of constructing the door-saddle or carpet-stripin order to prevent the water which may be driven in under the doors ofdwelling-houses and other buildings by violent gusts of wind during rainstorms from iiooding the ioors; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full and exact description.

The nature of my invention consists in providing the joint between thedoor sill and the floor with a plate of thin metal as shown in theannexed drawing, Figure 3, letter a, a, a, cz, a, a, a, a, the nail orscrew holes; b, o, the notches at the ends to lit to the door cheeks orcasing. I make this plate four inches wide for a door three feet wideand as long as the door is wide and in the same relative proportion fordoors of greater or less width. I make this plate of sheet Zinc but I donot confine myself to the use of any material in particular to make thisplate of. Next I provide a saddle of the length and width of the plateas shown in Fig. 3 and about one inch thick, the upper surface of whichis shown in F ig. l; c, the groove o-r slot made through the saddlenearly the whole length of it and from one fourth to one half of an inchin width. d, (l, the notches to fit the doo-r casing. E, E, E, E, E, E,E, E, screw or bolt holes.

The upper surface o f the saddle immediately under and within the doorwhen the saddle is placed on the plate, Fig. 3, I make level and theslot or groove lies about one inch within the door when the door is shutand that portion of the saddle which lies in front of the door I inclineoutward and downward with an inclination of one inch to three. I nextprovide a llet or tongue which I t into the groove of saddle to preventdust and dirt from entering` it, which tongue is shown in Fig. 2. F isa. small hole to insert a, hook o-r other instrument to lift it with onthe approach of rain. The under side of saddle is shown in Fig. 4 and isprovided with basins or reservoirs as seen at Gr, G, G, which receivethe water from the groove I as it falls down and shelters it from theinfluence of the wind and it passes 0H through small apertures at H,,I-I, H, in the front of door sill.

I prefer to make the saddle of metal or wood though stone may answer insome cases. I do not confine myself to any material to make the doorsaddle of.

IVhat I claim as my invention and desire to secure bv Letters Patent,is-

Ihe constructing of a saddle for door sills with a groove, basins andapertures as above specified combined with the sill and `door ofdwelling houses or other buildings either with or without the tongue orwith or without the plat-e between the saddle and the sill whether thesame be effected exactly in the way herein described or in any otheroperating upon the same principles and producing similar results.

ALEXANDER KIRKPATRICK.

l/Vitnesses E. D. PAYNE, ENos. I/VOODRUFE.

